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Frangais About Us Media Partners Blog <br /> Search SITE I $VSOMOS <br /> PRODUCTS SOLUTIONS NEWSROOM RESOURCES CONTACT US <br /> News Room ((�S <br /> f ,n .9r ((�] Print Friendly Share <br /> Viscount Mining Corp. �� <br /> TSX VENTURE:VML <br /> OTCQB:VLMGF <br /> Ly 'VISCOUNT <br /> MINING CORP. <br /> July 06,2016 09:08 ET <br /> Viscount Commences Exploration Program at Silver Cliff, Colorado <br /> VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired-July 6,2016)-Viscount Mining Corp.(TSX VENTURE:VML)(OTCQB:VLMGF) <br /> ("Viscount" or "the Company"), is pleased to announce the Phase 1 exploration program at the Silver Cliff Property(the "Property")in <br /> Colorado will begin by identifying historic drill collar locations,surface sampling,detailed geologic mapping,geophysics,and geochemistry. <br /> The Company will begin drilling later this year for the confirmation of the historical geological work and resource estimation,to substantiate the <br /> value of Silver Cliff. <br /> The Company has access to data including locations of historic resource estimates,drill holes,old mines,and exploration targets.Target <br /> models for the Property provided in the available information include near-surface blanket-style mineralization and high grade vein deposits <br /> which remain generally untested. <br /> "We are very excited to have our geological team on the ground to confirm and build on the historical reserve," said Jim MacKenzie,President <br /> &CEO of Viscount. "We feel that Silver Cliff has the potential for one or more world-class silver deposits that could be defined within the <br /> existing claims." <br /> About Silver Cliff Property <br /> The Silver Cliff property lies within the historic Hardscrabble Silver District in Colorado.The Property consists of 96 lode claims where high <br /> grade silver,gold and base metal production came from numerous mines during the period 1878 to 1894. It is located 44 miles WSW of Pueblo <br /> Colorado and has year-around access by paved road.The property underwent substantial exploration between 1967 and 1984 for the purpose <br /> of defining mineral inventories.The major explorers were Freeport, Hecla, Homestake,Moly Corp,Coca Mines and Tenneco Minerals. <br /> Silver Cliff is thought to overlie a large caldera and porphyry system which increases the prospect's potential to host a number of deposits from <br /> both precious metals to base metals.This has been demonstrated in the mineralogy and grade historically extracted from numerous <br /> underground mining operations dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. <br /> Past drilling at Silver Cliff was designed to test only the flat-lying shallow mineralized bodies with vertical holes but not the high-angle <br /> mineralized structures which are likely the ultimate controls for the emplacement of these mineralized bodies.This indicates that follow-up drill <br /> programs need to include angle holes which will cut these mineralized structures,potentially upgrading the deposits. <br /> Drilling in the 1980s by Tenneco resulted in a historical pre-feasibility study which formed the company's decision to put the property into <br /> production.Known historical silver grades range from below detection to a high of 2,125 g/t(68 o/t)Ag over 13.4 metres.Known historical <br /> gold grades range from below detection to a high of 9.06 g/t(0.29 o/t)Au over 1.2 metres.Plans were halted due to the restructuring of <br /> Tenneco after it was sold. <br /> In this first phase,the Company has an exploration target of 40 to 50 million ounces of silver.However,potential quantity and grade is <br /> conceptual in nature,as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource,and it is uncertain if further exploration will result <br />